$jdate = JFactory::getDate(); $date = $jdate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // returns something like "2022-01-01 12:34:56"
$jdate = JFactory::getDate(); $date = $jdate->format('l, F jS Y'); // returns something like "Saturday, January 1st 2022"
$jdate = JFactory::getDate('now', new DateTimeZone('UTC')); $date = $jdate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // returns something like "2022-01-01 00:00:00"The JFactory class and its methods are part of the Joomla platform and are not included in external libraries or packages.